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Cliff Chiang is an American comic book artist. Formerly an assistant editor at DC Comics, he is now an illustrator, known for his work on '' Human Target'', ''
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'' and ''Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre'', ''
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'', '' Wonder Woman'' and ''
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''.


Early life

Chiang graduated from Harvard College, with a joint degree in English Literature and Visual Arts."About"
cliffchiang.com, accessed December 23, 2010.


Career

Chiang illustrated the series ''
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/
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'', under writer Judd Winick, from issues 1 - 7, although he continued to supply cover art until issue #15. Chiang wrote an 8-part Dr. Thirteen back-up story, "Architecture & Mortality", in '' Tales of the Unexpected'' with writer
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. In September 2011, DC Comics launched a new '' Wonder Woman'' series as part of its line-wide New 52 title relaunch, with Chiang as artist on the title, reuniting him with his previous collaborator
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. The first issue of the series was released in September 2011. In July 2012, as part of the San Diego Comic-Con, Chiang was one of six artists who, along with DC co-publishers Jim Lee and
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, participated in the production of "Heroic Proportions", an episode of the
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reality television competition series ''
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'', in which special effects were tasked to create a new superhero, with Chiang and the other DC artists on hand to help them develop their ideas. The winning entry's character, Infernal Core by Anthony Kosar, was featured in '' Justice League Dark'' #16 (March 2013), which was published January 30, 2013. The episode premiered on January 22, 2013, as the second episode of the fourth season. In 2015, Cliff began working on writer
Brian K. Vaughan Brian K. Vaughan (born July 17, 1976) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series '' Y: The Last Man'', '' Ex Machina'', '' Runaways'', ''Pride of Baghdad'', ''Saga'', and '' Paper Girls''. Vaughan was a ...
's creator-owned series for Image Comics, ''
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'', for which Chiang won the 2016
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for Best Penciller/Inker.


Personal life

Chiang lives in Brooklyn, New York.


Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: * '' The Big Book of...'' (
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, Paradox Press): ** "Little Red Cap" (with Jonathan Vankin, in ''The Big Book of Grimm'', 1999) ** "The Decade of Evel" (with Jonathan Vankin, in ''The Big Book of the 70s'', 2000) * '' Flinch'' #11: "Emergent" (with John Rozum, anthology, Vertigo, 2000) * '' Vertigo Secret Files & Origins: Swamp Thing'': "Bitter Fruit" (with
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, co-feature, Vertigo, 2000) * '' Golden Age Secret Files'': "The Dawn of the Golden Age" (with John Ostrander, co-feature, DC Comics, 2001) * '' Martian Manhunter'' vol. 3 #35: "In My Life, Part Three" (with John Ostrander and Eduardo Barreto, DC Comics, 2001) * '' Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War'': "Inspiration!" (with Phil Jimenez and Jamal Igle,
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, DC Comics, 2001) * ''
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'' (DC Comics): ** ''Josie Mac'' (with Judd Winick, co-feature): *** "Lost Voices" (in #763-772, 2001–2002) *** "Trading Up" (in #784, 2003) ** "Victims" (with
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, in #815-816, 2006) * '' Grendel: Red, White and Black'' #4: "Evidence of the Devil" (with Matt Wagner, anthology, Maverick, 2002) * ''
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: The Golden Streets of Gotham'' (with Jen Van Meter and Tommy Lee Edwards, graphic novel, DC Comics, 2003) * ''
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'' #1-5 (with Jason Hall, Vertigo, 2003) * '' Human Target'' vol. 2 #6-10, 14–16, 19-21 (with Peter Milligan, Vertigo, 2004–2005) * ''
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'' vol. 2 #111, 113 (with Devin Grayson, DC Comics, 2005) * '' Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre'' #1-3: "Dead Again" (with Will Pfeifer, DC Comics, 2006) * '' Tales of the Unexpected'' vol. 2 #1-8: "Dr. Thirteen" (with
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, co-feature, DC Comics, 2006–2007) * '' Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #1-4, 6 (with Judd Winick, DC Comics, 2007–2008) * '' Countdown to Final Crisis'' #4: "The Origin of Ra's Al Ghul" (with
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, co-feature, DC Comics, 2008) * '' Supergirl'' vol. 5 #50: "A Hero's Journey" (with Helen Slater and Jake Black, co-feature, DC Comics, 2010) * '' The Brave and the Bold'' vol. 3 #33: "Ladies' Night" (with
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, DC Comics, 2010) * '' Neil Young's Greendale'' (with
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, graphic novel, Vertigo, 2010) * '' Zatanna'' vol. 2 #8-10 (with Paul Dini, DC Comics, 2011) * '' DMZ'' #57: "Collective Punishment: Amina, Mother of One" (with Brian Wood, Vertigo, 2011) * '' Wonder Woman'' vol. 4 #1-4, 7–8, 11–12, 0, 15–16, 18, 20–23, 27–29, 32-35 (with Brian Azzarello, DC Comics, 2011–2014) * '' The Witching Hour'': "Mars to Stay" (with
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, anthology one-shot, Vertigo, 2013) * '' Batman: Black and White'' vol. 2 #6: "Clay" (script and art, anthology, DC Comics, 2014) * ''
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'' #4: "Morning on Europa" (script and art,
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, 2014) * ''
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'' vol. 3 #6: "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman!" (co-scripting with Brian Azzarello, art by
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, DC Comics, 2014) * '' Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream'': "Little Nemo in Slumberland" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Locust Moon, 2014) * ''
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'' #1-30 (with Brian K. Vaughan, Image, 2015–2019) * ''
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'': "Fright of the Morning Dread!" (with Brian Azzarello, anthology graphic novel, ComicMix, 2017) * ''
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'': "Biography of a Bullet" (with Scott Bryan Wilson, anthology graphic novel, Image, 2018)


Covers only

* '' All-Star Comics Archives Volume 7'' hc ( DC Comics, 2001) * ''
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'' #38 (DC Comics, 2003) * '' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #61-68 (DC Comics, 2005) * '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #190-191, 212 (DC Comics, 2005–2007) * ''
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'' #31 (DC Comics, 2005) * ''
Green Arrow Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 in November 1941. His secret identity, real name is Olive ...
'' vol. 3 #52-53 (DC Comics, 2005) * '' Red Sonja: Monster Isle'' #1 (
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, 2006) * '' Outsiders: Five of a Kind: Katana/Shazam'' #1 (DC Comics, 2007) * '' Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #5, 7-14 (DC Comics, 2008–2009) * '' Hawkman Companion'' sc (
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, 2008) * '' Secret Six'' vol. 3 #1-2, 30 (DC Comics, 2008–2011) * ''
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'' #864-865 (DC Comics, 2010) * '' Birds of Prey'' vol. 2 #1, 3 (DC Comics, 2010) * '' Justice League: Generation Lost'' #6-13 (DC Comics, 2010–2011) * ''
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'' #1 (DC Comics, 2011) * '' American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest'' #1 (DC Comics, 2011) * '' Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons'' #1-3 (DC Comics, 2011) * '' Wonder Woman'' vol. 4 #5-6, 9-10, 13–14, 17, 19, 24–26, 30-31 (DC Comics, 2012–2014) * ''
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'' #2 ( Sam Humphries, 2012) * '' The New Deadwardians'' #1 ( Vertigo, 2012) * '' Action Comics'' vol. 2 #12 (DC Comics, 2012) * '' Before Watchmen: Minutemen'' #3 (DC Comics, 2012) * '' The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires'' #1 (DC Comics, 2012) * '' Superman/Wonder Woman'' #1, 18 (DC Comics, 2013–2015) * ''
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'' #3 (DC Comics, 2013) * '' Batman/Superman'' #6 (DC Comics, 2014) * ''
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'' #1 (DC Comics, 2014) * '' Hellblazer Volume 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell'' tpb (Vertigo, 2014) * ''
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'' vol. 4 #33, 36, 39-40 (DC Comics, 2014–2015) * '' G.I. Joe'' vol. 4 #1 (
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, 2014) * '' Life with Archie'' vol. 2 #37 (
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'' #6 (
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, 2014) * ''
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'' #3 (Image, 2015) * ''
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'' #6 (Image, 2017) * ''
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'' vol. 7 #2 (Marvel, 2017) * ''
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'' #17 (Image, 2017) * '' Dark Nights: Metal'' #1, 6 (DC Comics/Dynamite, 2017–2018) * '' Black Magick'' #9 (Image, 2017) * ''
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'' #2 (Image, 2018) * '' The Archies'' #7 (Archie Comics, 2018) * '' The Wicked + The Divine'' #38 (Image, 2018) * ''
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'' #3 ( Boom! Studios, 2019) * ''
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References


External links

*
Cliff Chiang's website

April 2007 Interview at The Outhouse


{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiang, Cliff American comics artists Eisner Award winners for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team American people of Taiwanese descent Living people Harvard College alumni Year of birth missing (living people)